Historic Houses of the National Trust

Arts & Photography

ADRIAN TINNISWOOD

Photography & Video

The National Trust

A work of dynamic history that depicts in fascinating detail the cataclysm that was the Great Fire of London and the modern European capital that rose from its ashes. By Permission of Heaven is a thrilling account of the Great Fire of London that makes terrific use of a vast array of first-person accounts and forensic investigation. The result is an impeccable achievement in historical storytelling that calls to mind equal parts Patricia Cornwell, Sebastian Junger, and Iain Pears. By Permission of Heaven follows the conflagration from its beginnings in a Pudding Lane baker's kitchen in 1666 through the extreme devastation it wreaked. Adrian Tinniswood recounts the horror and wonder that gripped the city as the flames spread, destroying 13,200 homes, ninety-three churches, St. Paul's Cathedral, and every administrative building in the capital. While looting, savage violence, panic, and chaos reigned within the city and war raged without, hundreds of thousands buried their most precious possessions and fled, never again to see the Lon-don they knew. Finely depicted here are the towering figures of Restoration England, such as Charles II, Samuel Pepys, and Christopher Wren, who played critical roles in the fire and its aftermath. Tinnis-wood also brings to life the schoolchildren, servants, clerks, and courtiers of the day as they watched the streets run with fire and the greatest city in Britain disappear before their eyes.

By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London

History

Europe

Riverhead Books

Modern architecture between the two world wars was a deliberate rejection of the past, causing a tension between traditional concepts of the home as warm, intimate, and comfortable and cool, futuristic visions of the house as a technological paradise. Art Deco was an attempt to resolve these tensions. Some of the most popular and influential architects and designers of the past 150 years—Norman Bel Geddes and Richard Neutra, working in the US; Robert Mallet-Stevens in France; and Berthold Lubetkin in the UK—designed houses that could be defined as being in the Art Deco style. And Art Deco enjoys a new popularity today, unrivalled since its inception in the 1920s. In The Art Deco House, architectural historian Adrian Tinniswood combines fascinating text and stunning photography to create an essential reference for anyone who loves Art Deco design. Captivating chapters provide detailed overviews of the design, decoration, furnishings, and gardens of the Art Deco house, covering such themes as streamline moderns; Modernist ideas for estates and apartment blocks; urbanism and domestic design; and more. Within each chapter, special stand-alone features draw upon contemporary literature, magazines, and museum exhibitions to demonstrate the style and philosophy of the Art Deco movement. This remarkable guide also features hundreds of stunning, full-color examples of a broad range of Art Deco houses, including the House of Tomorrow by Norman Bel Geddes; the Henry House in Utrecht, Holland; Geragh in Sandycove, Dublin; and Rudolf Schindler's Los Angeles home. • An essential source-book of Art Deco style, with scores of resplendent illustrations • Features little-known houses from the US, France, Ireland, Germany, and Austria • Provides fascinating insight into the lives of Art Deco architects and their clients • Art Deco style is enjoying a resurgence in popularity

The Art Deco House

Architecture

Watson/Guptill

Noble Ambitions

Vintage

The Royal Society

Hachette

JONATHAN CAPE.

At the beginning of the 21st century the Art Deco style enjoys a popluarity unrivalled since its inception at the 1925 "Exposition International des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris", from which the style takes its name. In spite of this, the role of Art Deco in defining domestic architecture is often neglected. Across the world, many of the most exciting architects and designers of the 20th century - Norman Bel Gedds, Richard Neutra, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Berthold Lubetkin - designed houses that borrowed from the Art Deco style. "The Art Deco House" explores the stories behind the design, decoration, and furnishing of the greatest houses of the period, and investigates the important contribution that Art Deco made to the "Modern Movement" in architecture. Examples have been choosen from a broad range of houses including Art Deco icons such as Miami Beach, the Maison de Verre, and Eltham Palace, as well as a number of less famous but no less exciting buildings, all of which show the truly global impact of Art Deco.Tapping into the contemporary popularity of this design movement, "The Art Deco House" combines photography with text to create a reference work for those who appreciate Art Deco.

Mitchell Beazley

Striking aerial photographs combined with bird's-eye engravings from the 17th and 18th centuries give a unique insight into the history of English country houses and their pleasure grounds. The book details the struggles for power and prestige that inspired them, the daily life of the great families and their servants, and the dramatic changes wrought by fashion, fortune, time or progress. Thes stories behind each of the 40 houses are told with anecdotes and historical perspective. Research points out the connection between the lives of theowners and the alterations to house and garden as a result of the shifting sands of fortune.

Country Houses from the Air

BOOKMART BARGAIN

History & Criticism

Travels with Pevsner: Series two

BBC Education Production

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